IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

The Emerging Scope of Nutraceutical Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Durairaj Kumarasamy, Payal Adlakha, Dharmveer Singh

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The Present study sought to locate and examine referenced works on the subject of “Nutraceuticals and functional foods”. Methodology: Data for bibliometrics is extracted by exploring the Scopus database. From 2000 to 2022, the top 100 relevant papers were collected. Findings: International Journal of Biological Molecules (173) published most of the papers, followed by the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (73). Nutraceuticals/ functional food is a multi-disciplinary field. Seven journals out of 100 focused on economics. Nutraceutical functional, functional foods (Centre for Nutrition and Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute. The largest origin regions were the United States and Europe. India, China, and the US are the top nutraceuticals and functional foods producers. The findings project that people are more intent to consume nutraceutical and functional foods worldwide as these products add on the diet by increasing the total dietary intake of a person. Research implications: The countries with the potential can have a comparative advantage in trading in these products, the lag which makes it difficult is the lack of conceptual clarity about the identification of the products. If products are correctly listed and identified, it will offer an enormous opportunity for developing and developed countries to unleash their potential in a way that will benefit people throughout the world.

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